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Functional Training

Soar as a Personal Trainer with our Functional Training CPD course. This course is endorsed by CIMSPA.

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Qualification achievedFunctional training

CIMSPA points1.5

Learning typeOnline module / Practical application for people studying PT course

PaymentFlexible payment option

Course Overview

Gain a CPD Certification which will help you retain your clients, earn referrals and get results if you can keep them engaged with interesting and varied training programmes. The Functional Training course is an effective CPD training course, giving you the skills you need to soar as a personal trainer.

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Learn More About This Course

Improve your skills with advanced training concepts, functional training allows you to work your body as an integrated unit to build strength, improve performance and reduce the risk of injury. Get to grips with multi-planar movement, whole-body integration and ground reaction force principles, through interactive online lessons.

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Functional Training Course

E-learning

This Functional Training course is completely online and can be studied from the comfort of your own home.

Content

Learn the fundamental ways the human body moves to enable you to optimise performance, improve biomechanics and reduce injury risk. Functional training concepts can be applied within personal training, small group training and classes in the gym and outdoors. Understand how to plan and implement functional workouts through particular muscle movements and training.

Assessment

There is no formal assessment for this course.

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Course Details

Don’t just learn a fixed list of exercises- instead understand the principles that will allow you to design your own, infinite library of moves. You will also learn how to use modern functional equipment commonly seen in fitness environments.

- Functional training concepts.
- Movement-based training
- A wide range of exercises and drills
- How to incorporate functional training into your clients’ programmes
- Integrating equipment into functional exercises
- Alternatives & adaptations to workouts
- Applying functional exercises to small groups

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Entry Requirements

Level 2 Gym Instructor Certificate

(For FFT students, you should at least be studying for your level 2 and have attended the Gym Instructor workshop)

Non-FFT students should hold a minimum of a Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing

Students will need to have good knowledge and level of physical fitness and no contraindications to taking part.

If you don’t have the Level 2 Certificate yet, why not have a look at our Level 2 Gym Instructor course?

We also recommend reading our personal training blog posts prior to starting the course. There is loads of useful material to help cement your understanding of personal training! Read them here:

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Options available to pay for your course:

Training for a new career is a big investment and with all things, in life, you tend to get what you pay for.

At Future Fit Training, we make it easy and affordable for you to achieve your dream career without comprising the quality of your learning experience or more importantly, your future career! We offer a variety of payment options including;

Pay your course in full – all of our CPD courses can be purchased through our website in full

Flexible payment schemes – pay a deposit and then the balance, pay as you learn, pay by company invoice or finance through OMNI (only available on selected courses)

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Why Study This Functional Training Course?

This course will teach students different functional exercises which are suitable for a range of clients from beginners to advanced levels. Studying this course will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to safely and effectively instruct clients in key functional movement patterns and training principles. When learning on this course you will be taught movements with a range of equipment found in health clubs and leisure centre facilities, as well as minimal equipment and body weight.

Not only will this course provide you with the knowledge you need for functional training, but you will also learn important health and safety considerations including contraindications, working in different environments and understanding core functional training concepts. You will have the ability to plan and implement effective functional training workouts whilst incorporating strength training through numerous exercises.

Job Opportunities

Once you have completed the Functional Training course, you can use the skills in numerous ways to enhance your offering as a Personal Trainer.

- - Work 1-1 with clients in creating different and dynamic workouts tailored to them.
  - Group training sessions within a gym or outdoor setting.
  - Work with athletes or sports teams to develop circuits or boot-camp training.

Generally, Functional Training does not simply provide a list of exercises, but it teaches you how to develop your own exercises, making you a more creative and sought after PT.

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